How to Back up your old stinky iPhone and/or transfer data to shiny new iPhone!

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If you’re selling or giving away your iPhone, you’ll be wanting to back up all that lovely data you’ve accrued on the device beforehand. It’s a pretty simple procedure, but a very important step.

 

 

This is the Apple support page on how to back up your data using iTunes and iCloud. And here is the Apple support page on transferring your data from one device to another, ( i.e, stinky->shiny).

 

It’s a very comprehensive and easy to follow guide direct from the sauce! But, as with everything technology– there is always the potential for problems, so if you stumble upon something that doesn’t make sense, or your backup JUST ISNT GODDAMN WORKING, let us know! We’d love to try and help! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to safely erase data off your iPhone before selling

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Alrighty, so you wanna get rid of all the data off you’re phone, am I right? Not to say that you guys might have anything worth hiding from the world… but you know, it’s best just in case…..

 

First things first- have you double checked that you have backed up all that precious data first? Cos that stuff ain’t coming back.

 

 

Now, you’re supposed to start with a power connected or fully charged iPhone, but if you’re in a situation where that isn’t possible, it should be ok on 50% charge or more.

 

 

k, so, go to Settings on your iPhone.

 

 

Click on the word ‘General’.

 

 

Go allllll the way down to the bottom of the page, as far as you can go – and hit ‘reset’

 

 

It will give you an option to ‘Erase all content and Settings’

 

 

Do that.

 

 

If you have a passcode, here is where you will need to enter it- if you don’t, then you can go right on ahead and skip this step.

 

 

Your iPhone will ask you if you’re sure. Wipe a tear away, and press ‘Erase iPhone.’

 

 

Dun dun dun duuun! The iPhone will now display that nice little Apple symbol and a small progress bar.

 

 

When it’s done, you’re done! Bye Data!

 

 

 

 

Images courtesy of iPhonehacks and the sun.co.uk